* Charlesworth & Percy on Negligence 16th ed

NOT YET PUBLISHED

The foremost guide to this complex area of the law, Charlesworth & Percy on Negligence is written by a mixed team of practitioners and academics.

Key Features:

• Sets out comprehensively the general principles, covering duty of care and liability issues under the tort of negligence
• Shows how the principles developed through the application of the common law and explains how the law of negligence has been applied in the UK and Commonwealth jurisdictions
• Explains the duty to take care, when it exists, between what parties it exists and to assess quickly if a cause of action exists
• Explains what remedies may be available, including damages and investigates the remoteness of damage as a concept
• Explains the burden of proof and standard of care in negligence cases
• Demonstrates the applicable defences and discharges from liability
• Demonstrates the standard of care principle in relation to persons professing some special skill, highways, and transport, employee employer relationship
• Provides an essential reference for every negligence case whether it is to do with personal injury including resulting in death, property, product liability and injury caused by animals and death
• Differentiates between absolute and strict liability
• Includes up-to-date statutory duties which means you will know exactly how recent changes apply
• Shows, through a detailed analysis of case law, how the principles work in specific situations and sets out the implications of new developments to help you take a view on your particular case.

The 16th edition deals with several significant cases such as:

• in the Supreme Court:
  Paul v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust [2024] UKSC 1.
  Armstead v Royal Sun Alliance Insurance Co Ltd [2024] UKSC 6.
  Tindall v Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police [2024] UKSC 33
  HXA v Surrey CC [2024] 1 WLR 335.
  Trustees of the Barry Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses v BXB [2024] A.C 567
  Davies v Bridgend County BC [2024] UKSC 15.
  McCulloch v Forth Valley Health Board [2023] UKSC 26
  Hastings v Finsbury Orthopaedics Ltd [2022] UKSC 19.
  in the Privy Council:
  Royal Bank of Scotland International Ltd v JP SPC 4 [2022] UKPC 18.
  Gulf View Medical Centre Ltd v Tesheira [2022] UKPC 38
  Primeo Fund (In liquidation) v Bank of Bermuda (Cayman) Ltd [2024] A.C 727
  In the Court of Appeal:
  Lewis-Ranwell v G4S Health Services (UK) Ltd [2024] EWCA Civ 138
  White v Secretary of State for Health and Social Care [2024] EWCA Civ 244.
  Benyatov v Credit Suisse (Securities) Europe Ltd [2023] EWCA Civ 140.
  Holmes v Poeton Holdings Ltd [2023] EWCA Civ 1377.

table of content

Part I: General Principles

Chapter 1: The Meaning of Negligence;

Chapter 2: The Duty to Take Care;

Chapter 3: Parties;

Chapter 4: Principal Defences and Discharges from Liability;

Chapter 5: Causation and Remoteness of Damage;

Chapter 6: Proof and Damages;

Chapter 7: Vicarious Liability and Non-Delegable Duties;

 

Part II: Standard of Care

Chapter 8: The Standard of Care;

Chapter 9: Dangerous Premises;

Chapter 10: Persons Professing Some Special Skill;

Chapter 11: Highways and Transport;

Chapter 12: Employment at Common Law;

 

Part III: Statutory Duty

Chapter 13: Liability for Breach of Statutory Duty

 

Part IV: Absolute or Strict Liability

Chapter 14: Dangerous Things: Rylands & Fletcher;

Chapter 15: Animals;

Chapter 16: Product Liability;

 

Part V: Death

Chapter 17: Death and Causes of Action;

Part VI: Miscellaneous Matters:

Chapter 18: Insurance and Other Compensation Schemes